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The Distance

Cake · 1996

The Distance by Cake (1996) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • He's going the distance
  • He's going for speed
  • She's all alone (all alone)
  • All alone in her time of need

Echo the hook

  • All alone
  • Oh, no
  • Sorry
  • All alone
he'sgoingalone

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Reluctantlyat the starting line

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Theymaneuver and muscle for rank

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Stilland striving as fast as he can

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

She's all(all alone)

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

He'sby something he cannot define

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

He's fighting andand riding on his horse

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Reckless and wild, they pour through the turns

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

He's going for speed

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

He's haunted by something he cannot define

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

He's racing and pacing and plotting the course

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Reluctantly ? at the starting line

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Reckless and ? they pour through the turns

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And ? of someone for whom he still burns

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

No ? no flowers, no flashbulbs, no line

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

He's fighting and ? and riding on his horse

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "he's" in the whole song?

"he's"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "going" in the whole song?

"going"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • 'Cause he's going the distance
  • He's going the distance
  • Reluctantly crouched at the starting line

Exercise 25

If you could ask Cake one question about "The Distance", what would it be and why?

he'sgoingalonedistance

Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "The Distance" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

he'sgoingalonedistance

Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "The Distance" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

he'sgoingalonedistance

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • he's→
  • she's→

Exercise 29

Describe the mood of "The Distance" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

he'sgoingalonedistance

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "The Distance" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

he'sgoingalonedistance